Synergistic effect of gramicidin and EDTA in inhibiting sperm motility and cervical mucus penetration in vitro

Contraception

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Bourinbaiar, Aldar S ^a   Lee, Chi Hyun ^b  

^a Metatron Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

contraceptive; fertility; gramicidin; microbicide; nonoxynol 9; sperm

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; GRAMICIDIN; NONOXINOL 9;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; DISEASES; FAMILY PLANNING; IN VITRO; INFECTIONS; NONOXYNOL-9; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SPERM IMMOBILIZING AGENTS; SPERMICIDAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS;

CERVIX MUCUS; DRUG SYNERGISM; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; GRAMICIDIN; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0030560832     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(96)00205-3     Document Type: Article

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